Synonyms for ballet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ba-ley, bal-ey

Phonetic Transcription : bæˈleɪ, ˈbæl eɪ

Définition of ballet

Origin : 1660s, from French ballette from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo "a dance" (see ball (n.2)). Balletomane attested by 1930.

noun graceful, expressive dancing

Example sentences :

The ballet's good, the scenery is splendid, and the music might be worse.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various

I have given the necessary orders to the cook for you, and for the ballet.
Extract from : « The Middle Class Gentleman » by Moliere

The ballet at Reisenburg was not merely a vehicle for the display of dancing.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

For instance, suppose the story of Othello the subject of the ballet.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

The novice hardly believes his eyes: the ballet dancer is also a man.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

How odd that you should have thought of the ballet for Clara just as I had suggested it!
Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

And Prince Max, tired of ballet girls, is about to take the soutane.
Extract from : « Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess » by Henry W. Fischer

She danced in the first ballet, and her rival in the second.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

This Arab danseuse was as unlike our performers of the ballet as she well could be.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various

He was sprightly as a ballet dancer, as, weaving in and out, he dodged the other's blows.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

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